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The heritage label, which was founded by Roger Saul in 1971, has seen its stock rise 526 per cent over the past year, making it the world's best-performing fashion house, according to
Bloomberg
. Valued at £166 million 12 months ago, the Somerset-based brand is now said to be worth a cool £1.03 billion.

Thanks in part to the 'Alexa Chung-effect' - the sell-out, satchel-style bags designed by creative director Emma Hill named after the stylish TV presenter - the label has seen its style credentials rocket. Keen to maximise on demand for its leather goods, the brand is adding 50 members of staff to its factory in Chilcompton.

And if the covetable collection for
autumn/winter 2011
is anything to go by, it looks like the sky could be the limit for the quintessentially English label.